Stocking protector



Filed July 16 gvwe'nroz M11 ie I [HoZcomQb Patented Aug. 141-, E9.

UNW STS MOLLIE W. HOLCOMB, 0F ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKING PROTECTOR.

Application filed. July 16, 1921. Serial No. 485,325.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monmr. W. HOLCOMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stocking Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in guards or protectors designed particularly to cover or guard the large toe of the user although it may be employed to cover or protect either of the other toes of the foot.

The primary object of the invention is to furnish an improved guard of simpleand inexpensive construction, which may be readily placed on the wearers toe and which will function to cover the toe nail and. prevent the nail from puncturing or cutting the wearers stocking.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved protector which may be made up as part of a strip of adhesive material and which may be cut from said material.

Another object of the invention is to furnish a protector of the above type which will neatly-and snugly engage the wearers toe without irritation to the particular toe to which it is attached and with rubbing against an adjacent toe or toes.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in view, which will appear asthe description proceeds the invention, consists in the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated by the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a foot showing one of the improved protectors applied to the large toe,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the protectors with the outer side uppermost,

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken from the opposite of the protector, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a strip of material from which the protectors may be cut or stamped.

In the drawing 1 glesignates a human foot and 2 designates one of the improved protectors applied to the large toe 3. The protector is best shown in Figures 2 and 3 and it consists of a piece of suitable material suchas textile goods 4 having parallel side edges 5, a curved edge 6 and a pointed edge 7. The protector is provided on one side with a suitable adhesive 8, as shown in Figure 3, and in use this adhesive is placed against the users toe in order to secure the protector in position. It will be noted from Figure 1 that the portion of the protector having the rounded edge 6 is placed on the under side of the ball of the toe and that the portion rounded edge 6 and the pointed edge 7 is placed over the front of the toe to cover the toe nail, and the pointed edge portion 7 is secured directly to the toe nail. The

pointed or reduced extremity 7 of the protector constitutes a tab which may be conveniently lifted and grasped between the fingers to facilitate the complete removal of the entire protector.

As best .shown in Figure 4 the protectors may be made up from strip material 9 applied on one side with suitable adhesive, and the protectors are arranged in successive relation as shown at 10 in said figure. In manufacturing the articles from the strip material the strip 9 is operated upon by a suitable die or cutter in a manner which will of the protector between, the

be readily apparent to those skilled in this art.

From the foregoing it will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the construction illustrated without departing from the spirit of the invention, as expressed in the following claim.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

A protector for shielding a human toe nail and protecting a users stocking from puncturing consisting of a piece of textile material provided on one side with a suitable adhesive and having one end rounded and the other end pointed, the rounded end of the protector being adaptedto engage the under side of the toe and to conform to the. shape of the under side of the toe and the pointed end of the protector being adapted to overlie the toe nail, said pointed end con-. stituting a tab facilitating removal of the protector.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MOLLIE W. H'OLCOMB. Witnesses:

JOHN WAGNER, ELLA M. DEIBERT. 

